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Lesson Plan August 08 2013

The Great Gatsby curve - Lesson Plan
By Katie Gould, Teacher Resource Producer for NewsHour Extra Subjects Economics, Gove…
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Post July 26 2013

Trayvon Martin Case Provokes Justice and Race Debate
On the night of February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in a Florida neig…
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Post July 03 2013

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Gay Rights

Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court issued two rulings on the ongoing debate over same-sex marriag…
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Post June 25 2013

Supreme Court Strikes Down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court issued a ruling today that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is no longe…
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Daily Video June 22 2013

Supreme Court Reconsiders the Voting Rights Act
Forty-eight years after it was first passed into law, the Voting Rights Act that sought to end acts…
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Post June 21 2013

Manning Case Challenges Definition of “Whistleblower”
The court martial for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning began on June 3 in Fort Meade, Md. Manning was arre…
FILE PHOTO NSA Compiles Massive Database Of Private Phone Calls
Post June 13 2013

Government Surveillance of Citizens Raises Civil Liberty Concerns
Two revelations about government programs designed to sift through the public’s phone calls and soc…
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Post May 20 2013

Obama Administration Faces Mounting Criticism
Over the past month President Barack Obama and his administration have been on damage control after…
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Post May 20 2013

May Marks 40th Anniversary of Watergate Hearings
On June 17, 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) …
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Daily Video May 11 2013

Documentary Tells Story of CIA "Sisterhood" that Found bin Laden
Click to download videoThe new HBO documentary "Manhunt" tells the story of the CIA offic…
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